Machine for pointing pegs for the creels used in textile trades, &amp;c.



J. DRONSFIELD.

MACHINE FOR POINTING PEGS FOR THE CREELS USED IN TEXTILE TRADES, 8m. APPLTCATIONI FILED MAY 13, 1915.

1 165364, Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

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1 1 1 I I I I I I l X J. DRONSHELD. MACHINE FOR POINTING PEGS' FOR THE CREELS USED IN TEXTILE TRADES, 5L0.

APPLICATEON FILED MAY13, 1915.

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Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

J. DRUNSFIELD MACHINE FOR POINTING PEGS FOR THE CREELS USED If! TEXTILE TRADES, 840.

4 m APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, 19|5. I *v Lfifififi, Patented Dec. 28, 1910.

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JAMES DRGNSFIELF OF OLDHAM, ENGLAND.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that it, James Dnonsrrnno, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain and Ireland, residing at the Atlas lVorks, Oldham, in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented newand useful Improvements in Machines for Pointing Pegs for the Creels Used in Textile Trades, i'lpplicable Also for other like Articles, of which the following is a specification.

It is well known that the points of wooden creel pegs {used in the textile trade) get worn off or are broken from time to time so that such creel pegs develop dull points and therefore do not revolve so readily or freely as is desirable. Some manufacturers fit fresh tips or points or otherwise endeavor to restore such creel pegs so as to present a proper point or tip.

According to my invention I propose to point or to re-point or restore such creel pegs by grinding the damaged'or other tip or point in a machine produced for this pur pose, whereby the re-pointing can be quickly and'acccurately done by mechanical means Without calling for any skill on the part of the-operator.

I make use of a machine for my purpose which embodies firstly, a form. of chuck capable of readily receiving and releasing the creel pegs or the like and for rotating the same, and, secondly, a grinding device so shaped and disposed with reference to'the' chuck, that, when driven, said grinding device will produce a perfect conical or other point on the creel pegsupported by the chuck.

The attached drawings illustrate the apparatus utilized by me for the purpose in dicated, and, in said drawings 27- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the 1nachine drawn partly in section. 1 is a diagram of a pointed creel peg. Fig. 2

. shows a plan view of the machine, and Fig.

3 is an end view. Fig.4 shows in detail front view, the abrading wheel and clip bracket for holding the strip of abrasive filleting disposed around the periphery of said wheel. Fig. 5 is a section of said wheel and shows also the clip bracket.

In the machine illustrated I use a st 'table bed casting a of comparatively small size and which is adapted to be screwed to "a bench by screws passed. through. the feet a, or tobe otherwise rigidly held upon support. Said bed casting a isformed with or has attached an upright or bracket a? at the left-hand end. This upright or end bracket a? is adapted to receive fixed spindles 6 b or other supports for two metal bowls or rollers 61 which are closely set, but do not touch each other. These two metal bowls or rollers 12 b are suitably driven and form, along with a movable rotatable third bowl or roller 0, a cradle 01'. chuck to receive and rotate the creel peg. The movable third bowl or roller 0 is carried on a spindle 0 attached to a two-armed bracket 0 fulcrumed at 0 and having a thumb-piece c by which the bowl or roller 0 can be raised for the introduction or removal of the creel peg. An adjustable or other stop 65 is preferably used to limit the inward movement of the third bowl or roller 0. By this simple combination I provide a simple form of chuck to hold and rotate creel pegs.

Upon the bed casting a. I make prepara tion for and fit a bracket 6 which carries a' spindle or support 6' for a grinding or abrading wheel 7. Etlaid bracket 6 is of such t pe 1S capable of being so ad usted that its rotatable abrading surface g is presented 7 and rotates at a suitable angle to a linej' drawn through the center of a creel peg sup ported in the holding chuck.- Thus, the

abrading surface 9" shapes the creel peg" end to a perfect conical point. lhis will be clear from the detail Fig. J. which shows acreel peg broken in length and marked p. The guiding or abrading wheel 9 is formed with or carries a pulley g for a driving band.

For simplicity in driving, I use a main shaft 2 with fast and loose pulleys ,hflfi and this shaft it carries a pulley h which through a band 71- (see the dotted lines Fi 1) drives the pulley g on the abrading wheel g. The main shaft It also carries fast with slot 9' in the periphery and a U shaped clip bracket 3' disposed about the boss g" of said wheel. The limbs j, j, of this clip bracket j, can be drawn together or separated by a screw j or such like to clamp or release the extremities of a removable or auxiliary strip of abrasive filletingg, and, the brackety itself can be held and moved by a screw 3' to put on tension or release tension on the strip of abrasive filleting as required. The screw 7' is gotinto place, and held alinable with the inner. face of the abrading wheel, by an auxiliary screw device 7' having a saw-gate in its head, said auxiliary screw device being introduced into place through a hole in the periphery of-abrading wheel. By such means, a renewal of abrasive strips for application around the periphery or flange of the abrading wheel is arranged for.

I may use other forms of abrasive wheel arranged to act at an angle to a chuck sustained creel peg or the like, as is clear.

For the pointing of a creel peg, or the like, by mymachine, it is only necessary to open the chuck, place the peg in position, and lower the bowl or roller 0, whereupon the peg can, by pressure of the fingers, be held to the abrasive wheel which quickly produces a perfect conical point.

I declare that What I claim is 1. A'creel or like peg pointing or repointing machine, comprising a bed, a supporting bracket, achuck for holding the peg consisting of driven and pivoted rollers, means to rotate certain of the rollers and consequently the peg, a bracket support, means to adjust same angularly and an abrading wheel arranged at an angle on said bracket support, and means for driving such abrading Wheel, as set forth.

2-. A creel or like peg'pointing or repointing machine having a bed, a supporting bracket thereon, rotatable rollers carried thereby, a movable roller, the said rollers forming a chuck for the peg, means to drive said rotatable rollers, an adjustable support, holding down means therefor permitting angular adjustment, and an abrading wheel device carried thereby, and means to drive...

the abrading wheel, as set forth.

'3. A creel or like peg pointing or repointing machine, including a bed, a bracket or support connected thereto, rotatable rollers carried thereby and a movable roller and a pivoted bracket therefor, and means to rotate the rollers, a stop device in connection with the movable roller, a bracket adjustable on the bed, a holding down pivotal device, and an abrading wheel supported on the bracket's, and means to drive said abrad ing wheel, as described.

-l. A creel or the like peg pointing or repointing machine having a bed, an upright bracket combined therewith, two rotatable rollers supported thereby, means to rotate same, a. third movable roller cooperating with said driven rollers to produce a chuck, and a pivoted lever device supporting said third roller, an adjustable bracket on the bed, a pivoted stud therefor, and an abrading wheel carried by the bracket, a clip device on said wheel and adapted to clip and produce tension in a strip of abrasive filleting, all, in combination and as set forth.

, A creel or like peg pointing or repointing machine comprising a bed casting,

a side bracket, two rotatable rollers carried thereby, means to drive said rollers, a third movableroller, a hinged support therefor, an adjustable stop for said support, an adjustable bracket on said bed casting, a pivotal connection for said bracket, and a flanged wheel carried on said adjustable bracket said wheel having a clip bracket around the boss and housed within the space bounded by the flange of said wheel, and screws for adjusting said bracket, all, in combination and as described herein.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES DRONSFIELD.

\Vitnesses RICHARD VVEBs'rn lBBEnsoN, ALFRED STUART YATES. 

